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Slack and Teams notifications
JOATOS can post alerts straight into a Slack or Microsoft Teams channel using an incoming webhook. This article covers setting one up.
Get an incoming webhook URL
- Slack: Apps → Incoming Webhooks → add one to the channel you want. Slack gives you a URL like
https://hooks.slack.com/services/…. - Teams: on the target channel, add an Incoming Webhook connector. Teams gives you a URL like
https://….webhook.office.com/….
Create the notification profile
- In Settings, under Alerts, open Notification Profiles and create one.
- Name it.
- Set Channel to Slack or Microsoft Teams.
- Paste the incoming webhook URL into the Webhook URL field.
- Save.
Then attach this profile to an alert profile so it fires on the conditions you choose.
About the webhook URL
- The URL is stored encrypted and never shown again — the profile only indicates that a webhook is configured. To change it, open the profile and paste a new URL.
- These channels have no user or group recipients — the webhook URL is the destination, so the whole channel sees the message.
What the message looks like
Each alert posts a colour-coded message:
- Red for an alert, green when it clears.
- The alert title and a short description (e.g. Server 1 is offline).
- The site name, where relevant.
Notes & tips
- Slack and Teams are always available — they don't depend on any optional module.
- Because there's no per-user fan-out, use a channel that the right people already watch.